XVI [i.e. XVII] leaves, 400 leaves of plates : 28 cm

Title and imprint information from cahier cover

Imprint date suggested by Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum, vol. 28, page 245. "Cahier 1-12 printed at Saint-Denis, remainder at Paris."

Lithographed plates hand-colored and variously signed: Imp. lith de Desaillet ..., Lith. Pelletier ..., Lith Letellier ...

Leaves of text at end also lithographed

Issued in 16 cahiers of 25 plates monthly; cahiers 13-16 produced in Paris

Leaves [I]-[X] not numbered; leaves [XI]-[XVII] numbered X-XVI

Many captions name Parisian merchants and nurseries as sources for the specimen depicted

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